Re: Alioth Packages file out of date?

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Eric Sharkey <sharkey@netrics.com> writes:

> Are the Packages files on alioth out of date?
> 
> I'm trying to build a chroot, but getting this:
> 
> O: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> O: requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> O: distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> O: or been moved out of Incoming.
> O: The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> O: 
> O: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> O:   liblocale-gettext-perl: Depends: perl-base (>= 5.8.0-21.lib64) but 5.8.0-18 is to be installed
> O:   libtext-charwidth-perl: Depends: perl-base (>= 5.8.0-21.lib64) but 5.8.0-18 is to be installed
> O:   libtext-iconv-perl: Depends: perl-base (>= 5.8.0-21.lib64) but 5.8.0-18 is to be installed
> O: E: Br
> O: ken 
> O: ackages
> E: Couldn't install root!
> 
> The Packages file still lists the Perl version as 5.8.0-18, despite the
> fact that 5.8.0-21.lib64 is in the pool.
> 
> Why is this?
> 
> Eric

Sarge or sid?

Anyone with sufficient rights can change the versions/sarge or
versions/sid file and recreate the Packages and Release files with the
script in tools/.

MfG
        Goswin